Charles Mix Conservation District

The district offers a variety of services to support tree plantings, shelterbelts, and land management projects, including: Tree planting (with read more »

AgSpire: Ranching for the Future

Ranching for the Future supports producers to enhance herd productivity and efficiency, leading to more pounds produced on-farm. AgSpire technical read more »

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)

NRCS works one-on-one with producers to develop a conservation plan that outlines conservation practices and activities to help solve on-farm read more »

Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)

The Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) helps you build on your existing conservation efforts while strengthening your operation. Whether you are read more »

Second Century Working Lands Habitat Program

Enrollment Focus Targeting marginal cropland such as saline and moist soils, field edges, and other less productive soil types. The read more »

NRCS Regional Conservation Partnership Program – Glacial Lakes

The goal of the project is to protect and improve the water quality of glacial lakes and streams to meet read more »

South Dakota Resource Concerns

Understanding your resource concern is the first step toward finding the right conservation help. The South Dakota Resource Concerns website read more »

Farmers for Soil Health

Farmers for Soil Health is a three-year program offering an incentive payment of $50 per acre for ground that has read more »

Pray for Rain. Plan for Drought. – SD Drought Planning

The South Dakota Drought Plan (“Pray for Rain. Plan for Drought.”) was developed by ranchers with support from USDA-NRCS and read more »

South Dakota Grassland Coalition Mentoring Network

The Mentoring Network connects experienced ranchers and land managers with those looking to improve their conservation practices, especially in grazing read more »